Clothes-lifter



(No Model.)

H. H. PORSYTH & H. H. FORSYTH, Jr.

CLOTHES LIFTER.

No. 432,523. Patented July 22, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATIENT OFFICE.

HENRY ,l-I. FORSYTH AND HENRY I-I. FORSYTI'I, JR, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CLOTHES-LIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters IEatent No. 432,523, dated July22, 1890.

Application filed January 9, 1890. Serial No. 336,4e15. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY H. FORSYTH and HENRY H. FORSYTH, J r.,.ofChicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Clothes-Lifters, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in whichFigure 1 is a plan View, partly in section, of our improvedclothes-lifter. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a detailillustrating the manufacture of the article.

Like symbols of reference indicate like parts in each.

Our invention relates to improved means for lifting clothes fromwash-boilers; and its object is to obtain greater-efficiency with lesscost than has been possible with clothes-lifters heretofore known.

In the drawings, A represents the handle of the clothes-lifter, and Brepresents the head or lifting portion thereof. This head is preferablyformed of a single metal rod or wire, which is bent into the form shownin Figs. 1 and 2. In making the head we first bend the rod into thelooped form shown in Fig 3, and then bend back the end of the loop 011itself, forming a strengthening-loop or crossbar, which extends in aplane substantially parallel with the longitudinal axis of the handle A.The lifter-head thus consists of a shank portion 2, diverging curvedside prongs 3, and a reflexed curved bracing-loop 4. V The bending ofthe bracing-loop 4 forms loops at the ends of the prongs 3, whichprevent tearing of the clothes and enable them to be lifted easily. Thehead is attached to the handle by forcing the shank 2 into a hole in theend The advantages of our invention will be appreciated by those havingoccasion to use such articles.

Our improved clothes-lifter is very cheap in its manufacture, and mayberapidly made by bending of the wire or rod into the proper shape. It isalso very strong and durable, and the facility which it affords forlifting clothes makes it a desirable article for domestic use. Themanner of its use in lifting clothes will be readily understood. Thelifter is inserted into the vessel containing the clothes, which may belifted directly by the prongs, or the prongs may be turned, so as tocause them to entwine with the clothes before lifting them.

From the particular description of the con struction and arrangement ofthe device which We have given above we do not intend to limit ourselvesprecisely thereto, since it will be understood that variations in formand details of construction may be made by the skilled mechanic. Thus itis not necessary that the refiexed loop 4 should extend back for only aportion of the length of the prongs, since, if desired, this reflexedportion may extend to the end of the shank portion 2, and other similarchanges may be made.

\Ve claim In a clothes-lifter, the combination, with a handle, ofalifting-head having prongs whose rear ends are attached to the handleand which extend therefrom substantially in the direction of thelongitudinal axis of the handle, and having a loop which connects thefront ends of the prongs, said loop being reflexed from the ends of theprongs toward the handle to form a brace, substantially as and for thepurposes described.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands this 4th day ofJanuary, A. D 1890.

HENRY H. FORSYTI'I. HENRY H. FORSYTH, JR.

\Vitnesses:

GEO. I. Hroxs, J NO. E. WINnsoR.

